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Check the tariff classification for a clip-on camera lens attachment made of glass.
Good practice and guidance for the police use of overt surveillance camera systems incorporating facial recognition technology to locate persons on a watchlist.
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s role is to encourage compliance with the surveillance camera code of practice. BSCC is an independent monitoring body of the Home Office .
Find out how well your organisation complies with the principles of the surveillance camera code of practice.
The toolkit is a guide for the non-expert who is thinking about buying a surveillance camera system.
This collection brings together resources to help people comply with the surveillance camera code of practice and follow good practice and legal requirements.
The Surveillance Camera Commissioner has a statutory role to provide the surveillance camera industry with a current list of recommended standards.
Product recall for a Children’s Wood Camera presenting a high risk of choking.
Detention services order 05/2018 about Home Office policy on detainees having mobile phones and cameras in removal centres.
Detention services order 4/2017 about the use of surveillance camera systems including how data is managed and kept secure.
An updated code was laid before Parliament on 16 November 2021 and came into effect on 12 January 2022.
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner's annual report
Product recall for unbranded smart camera presenting a serious risk of electric shock.
This document sets out the NHS diabetic eye screening (DES) programme’s recommended cameras and settings for digital DES.
The Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s Annual Report for 2022 to 2023 has been laid in Parliament today.
Product recall for Banglin HD Spy Hat Camera Video Recorder Cap with 16GB Memory Card Built-in presenting a serious risk of electric shock
These case studies show how the 12 guiding principles in the surveillance camera code of practice can be met.
Get help to classify electrical equipment such as communication equipment, cameras, and their parts and accessories.
An independent study warns that the plan to abolish biometrics and surveillance safeguards will leave the UK without oversight.
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